A well written article in Hindustan Times, looking at the growing commuter problems in Beijing, despite six ring roads and comparisons to Delhi, which is building its third ring road and a metro line. From Beijing, a lesson for Delhi Sunday, June 14th, 2009 <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=255bf11f-8bcd-41f6-985e-9593ecfa5972">http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=255bf11f-8bcd-41f6-985e-9593ecfa5972</a> With regards, Sarath -- Sarath Guttikunda New Delhi, India Phone: +91 9891 315 946 Email: <a href="mailto:sguttikunda@gmail.com">sguttikunda@gmail.com</a> <a href="http://www.urbanemissions.info">http://www.urbanemissions.info</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Carlosfelipe Pardo <<a href="mailto:carlosfpardo@gmail.com">carlosfpardo@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Sudhir, You're right, sorry for the "black hat" You are right that it's much better to have more public transport prioritized than ring <a href="http://roads.in" target="_blank">roads.in</a> my position. What I meant is that the policy should include the reversal of anti-bicycle measures and even the creation of more pro-bicycle measures, and the continuation of car restriction measures (which started with the odd-even scheme during the Olympics but I'm not sure if any other similar measure has been implemented). I guess my point is that many measures can be seen as positive, but they are only effective when they are part of a broader agenda of sustainable urban transport (similar to what Sujit has said). Best regards, Carlos. <div class="im"> Sudhir wrote: > Hi Carlos and others, > > Good news is instead of one more ring road at least the investment and > priority is on public transport. > > Now, if they keep up the funding on public transport with good > investment on non motorized transport and provide incentives, i think > its a very good move...... > > The question is how much of private transport share is bearable? i > would be happy with 20-25% of private mode share in Asian cities with > proportionate investment in 2020. > > In short if they can freeze the current mode share of private > automobiles (20% in 2004) :-) > > best regards > Sudhir </div></blockquote></div>